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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 06:49:58 +0000
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Subject: Re: [opendos] OD case sensitivity
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On 13 Mar 97 at 3:03, Mike A. Harris wrote:
 
> Dump full memory with DEBUG.
> 
> C:\>DEBUG CORE
> -RDS
> 0
> -RCS
> 0
> -RIP
> 0
> -RCX
> 0
> -RBX
> FFFF
> -W

Hey, surely that shouldn't be 0xFFFF in BX - that'd be 64k short of 
4Gb!

You want 1024**2, or 2**20, which is... erm... the lower word (CX) is 
zero, the upper word is (thinking furiously in hex) (2**(20-16) = 
2**4 = 32 = 0020, I think. Try:

> C:\>DEBUG CORE
> -RDS
> 0
> -RCS
> 0
> -RIP
> 0
> -RCX
> 0
> -RBX
> 0020
> -W

Untested, still, but hopefully more correct :-)


ABW
--
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